How do I retrieve .htpasswd protected html documents?

I would like to retrieve html documents from an .htaccess/.htpasswd protected directory. Can I do this with perl?

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Re: How do I retrieve .htpasswd protected html documents?⭐ by KM (Priest) on Oct 12, 2000 at 21:00 UTC
Yes, you sure can. Use LWP::UserAgent: `use LWP::UserAgent; my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent; my $req = new HTTP::Request 'GET', 'http://www.you.com/dir'; $req->authorization_basic('userid', 'password'); my $result = $ua->request($req)->as_string;` [download] Read the POD for the module, as well as lwp-cook for other options/uses. Cheers, KM	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I retrieve .htpasswd protected html documents? by tilly (Archbishop) on Oct 12, 2000 at 23:14 UTC
Look at Put name and password in URLs. That trick should work with custom Perl scripts, utilities like lwp-request, and even programs in other languages. (I use it to visit ftp sites with a browser.)	[reply]